Policy Nook — Policy Note: Benefit Cost Analysis of Water Investments in the Anthropocene

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Introduction

Water management is becoming increasingly challenging. The core problem in many locations is an old one: water scarcity will increase as demand rises due to population and economic growth. Conditions in the modern Anthropocene — higher temperatures, continental drying, higher evaporation, and non-stationary hydrology — will add complexity.

Policy Design, Water

Policy options for employment intensive and low emissions development in South Africa

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
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Introduction South Africa has the dubious distinction of having amongst the highest rates of unemployment and inequality in the world. It is also one of the most emissions-intensive economies, measured in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of economic output. The co-existence of high unemployment and high emissions intensity is not just a coincidence. South Africa’s history of segregation and apartheid has had profound implications for its development path. One outcome was an economy heavily based on mining, mineral processing and heavy industry, subsidised by cheap electricity.

Policy Design